Determining processing weights of rule variables for rule processing optimization

A method comprising:

• monitoring usages of a plurality of variables over a period of time by a data loader operation of a software computing platform of an online service provider;
• determining a mapping table of a first variable of the plurality of variables to a second variable based on the monitoring, wherein the mapping table comprises a first processing weight of the first variable and a second processing weight of the second variable;
• receiving, via a rule authoring application, a request to write a data processing rule using the plurality of variables for the software computing platform of the online service provider;
• providing, in the rule authoring application, the mapping table of the first variable of the plurality of variables to the second variable;
• receiving, from the rule authoring application, the data processing rule comprising a subset of the plurality of variables;
• and
• determining whether an optimization is available of the first variable from the subset of the plurality of variables to the second variable of the plurality of variables based on the mapping table, wherein the optimization is associated with the first processing weight and the second processing weight from the mapping table.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first variable coded for a rule authoring application to load a rule data object to a data processing rule from a data source;
• monitoring usages of a plurality of variables over a period of time by a data loader operation of a software computing platform associated with the rule authoring application;
• determining a mapping of the first variable to a second variable based on the rule data object loaded to the data processing rule;
• determining a first loading time weight of the first variable and a second loading time weight of the second variable based at least on the monitoring the usages, wherein the first loading time weight and the second loading time weight each comprise a time to load of the rule data object to the data processing rule from the data source for each of the first variable and the second variable;
• and
• storing the mapping with the first loading time weight and the second loading time weight for optimized variable selection in the rule authoring application using the first variable and the second variable, wherein the mapping further comprises a first processing weight of the first variable associated with the first loading time weight and a second processing weight of the second variable associated with the first loading time weight.